Combined elite stopper and stovepipe support



June 30, 1925.

J. WALENTOWIC COMBINED FLUE STOPPER AND STOVEPIPE SUPPORT Filed June 30,1925 iinrreo sra'rss P Patented June 30, 1925.

OFFICE.

JOHN XVALENTOYVIC, OF VERONA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOSTEPHEN li'IACK, OF OAKIIION'I, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED FLUE STOPFEB AND STGVEZPIPE SUPPORT.

Application filed June 30, 1923. 7 Serial No. 648,811.

To all whom 2'25 may concern Be it known that I, JoirN \VALEN'rowic, acitizen of Czechoslovakia, residing at Verona, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in a Combined Flue Stopper and Stovepipe Support, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in finestoppers and stove pipe supports and has for one of its objects toprovide a stove pipe support or mounting capable of supporting stovepipes of different diameters without the necessity of providing anentirely new support for diiferently sized stove pipes.

l Vith the above and other objects in view as the nature of theinvention is better understood, the same consists of the novel form,combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described,shown in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevational view of a chimneyconstruction showing a stove pipe mounting supported therein with theremovable ring members to accommodate stove pipes of differentdiameters,

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on line IIII of Fig. 1showing the stove pipe mounting built into the chimney construction anda baffle associated with the inner end of the mounting for directingsmoke upwardly through the chimney and preventing smoke from a lowerstove passing outwardly through the stove pipe mounting,

Figure 3 is a sectional view, similar to Fig. 2 showing a modifiedconstruction of stove pipe mounting to be positioned in a chimney afterconstruction thereof,

Figure 4 is a fragmentary detail sectional view showing interlockingconnections between the ring sections of the stove pipe mounting with arotatable latch for locking the outer ring in the mounting frame, Figure5 is a detail sectional view, similar to Fig. a showing a sliding latchfor locking the outer ring in the stove pipe mounting, and i Figure 6 isa fragmentary edge elevational view of the inner face of one of therings showing the bayonet slot connection between the central disk ofthe mounting and the several interlocking rings.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawings, and particularlyto Figs. 1 and E2, and 1 to 6, the reference numeral 1 designates achimney having a side opening 2 therein .to accommodate the mounting ofa stove pipe support. The support shown in Fig. 2 is placed in positionduring the construction of the chimney l and embodies a sleeve 3carrying an outwardly directed flange i disposed within the chimney fineand a face plate 5 upon the opposite end thereof having the preferreddesign as illustrated in Fig. 1, the wall of the chimney beingconstructed between the flange 4 and face plate 5 for permanentlysecuring the stove pipe support in the chimney. It will be seen fromeach section of Fig. 2 that the stove pipe support is permanentlymounted in the chimney construction and is properly retained in positionagainst movement. I

The exposed side of the stove pipe support is provided with a relativelylarge circular opening 6 having a tapering wall within which a pluralityof nested rings 7 also of tapering formation in cross section asillustrated inFig. 2 is received, the inner ring '2 of the groupreceiving a closure disk 8. An interlocking connection is providedbetween the several removable rings and the central disk 8 in the formof a bayonet slot connection, pins 9 carried by the periphery of thedisk 8 and the several rings 7 with the exception of the outer ringbeing received in bayonet slots 10 formed in the inner faces of theseveral rings as clearly illustrated in Figs. 4 to 6, the rings 7 anddisks carrying knobs 11 to facilitate positioning thereof.

. he connection between the outer ring 7 and the stove pipe supportincludes diametrically positioned arcuate keys 12 carried by pins 13journaled in the outer ring 7 and operable from the outer side of thering by the knobs 13*, the latch extending from the socket 14 in thering 7 to the socket 115 in the stove pipe mounting as shown in Fig. 4,and spanning the registering openings 1 1 and 15 to retain the ring inlocked position. The central disk 8 and several rings 7, with theexception of the outer ring are removable from the stove pipe mountingby shifting movements to releasing positions, while the outer ring 7 isremovable by rotating the pins 13 through the medium of the handle 18 toshift the latch 12 from the opening 15 in the stove pipe support totheopening M in the, carrying ring as illustrated by dotted lines inFig. 4. g

Another form of device for retaining the outer ring 7 in the stove pipesupport is shown in Fig. 5 and includes a sliding latch 12* reciprocablein a socket 14 formed in the carrying ring 7 and is adapted to he inovedinto the socket 15 formed in the s-:tove pipe support; the sliding latch12.

when positioned as illustrated in Fig. 5 re taining the outer ring inlocked condition ithin the support.-' It will therefore be seen thatstove. pipes of various diameters maybe properly mounted Withinthesupport by removing the centerdisk 8-and desired number of rings 7,rendering the sup port universal in its use, V

A modified form of support is shown in Fig. 3 wherein the same isadapted to be mounted in the chimney I after construction thereoiiyanopening 2 formed in the chimney Pand: into which the sleeve 3" of thestove pipe support is positioned. To retain the support positioned inthe chimney 1, angle members havinglside legs '16 positioned inengagement with the flue face of the chimney l have the other angle legs17 thereof engaging the inner face of the support sleeve 8* to he lookedthereto by the fastening devices 18, the angle inenlhers operatinginlieu of the'inltegral' flange til'lus tr'ated; in Fig; 2.

A baffle having a curved outer" Wall 19, open at its inner and upper.sides carries anoutwardly di're'ctedfiange 20"at the inner edge thereofadapted for engaging the flange 4 upon the stove pipe support and to besecured thereto as at 21, causes upward movement of the; smoke passingthrough the stove pipe support into the chimney and preventing smokepassing upwardly through the chimney from a stove pipe disposedtherebeneath from entering the stove pipe mounting and flowing back-Wardly through the stove. The baflle 19 offers no interference totheproper draft of the stove pipe but efficiently protects the same fromback flow.

While there are herein shown and described-the preferred embodiments ofthe present invention it isfnevertheless to he understood that minorchanges may he made therein Without departing from the spirit and scopeof the invention as claimed.

Y'Vhat is claimed as new is In a stove pipe support and flue stopper, :1support embodying a sleeve, and flanges car'iedjh-y the sleeve with awall of the chimney construction positioned between the end flanges foranchoring 'thesleeve in position and a plurality of interlocking ringsremovably mounted in one end o-fthe sleeve, the connection between; theouter ring and sleeve includingregistering erri'ngs in the adjacentcontacting faces 0 the ring and sleeve with the openings hounded byth-e'opposite faces ofthe ring and sleeve, and a latch positioned in oneopening and operable exteriorly of the support for pa-rtially movingthelatchinto the other opening to lock the rings in the sleeve.

In testimony )illel'Of I afiix n1 signature:

' JOHN iVALEi TO\VIC.

